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| | howdy all. I have just started playing with a new lappie loaded with windows XP home and have been having trouble trying to set up my default view when I open a folder as thumbnails. The system always seems to want to open files in icon view unless they are … |
| | [FONT=Arial]undefined[/FONT][FONT=Arial Black]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=6]undefined[/SIZE][COLOR=Black]undefined[/COLOR] When I receive e-mails with 'shtml' links, they will not open when clicked. I have installed IE Serv Pack #1 on my XP system |
| | Just a few notes on xp. Make sure xp is kept up to date. Run anti-virus and spy-ware programs. There are some killer free ones out there. Get rid of Norton's. Ive seen countless issues with that product!! Run a 3rd party utility. I suggest system mechanic 5 or fix … |
| | :sad: hi all, wen trying to re-install xp on a blank harddrive, my cd would not automatically staryt with my comp, does anybody know of this happening, and can ppl tell me why it might b happening? thanks for reading and any help u may be able to give ::) |
| | I have 3 pc's......2 windows 2000 servers with independent domain controllers, AD, DNS, DHCP(authorized), and a win2000 pro workstation. The primary servers ip address is 192.168.1.100 in the alternate DNS server address. I have manually set all the computers to this ip address in the alternate DNS. I have created …  |
| | My taskbar has changed to the classic theme and I want to change it back to the Windows XP version(a blue taskbar with start as a green button) but It won't go back. Please help |
| | My first time here so please be patient. Athlon1800+. 512Meg Ram. WinXP. This problem has just surfaced, tho it is a while since I previously used 'SEARCH'. AVG says all is clean. Also ADAWARE ditto. Did a System Restore (just 2days backwards) but no change. Any suggestions? |
| | I have a hidden icon/program that appears on my desktop toolbar. Whenever I select it, it reads,"Cannot find 'C:/Program Files/Instant Access/Center/Icons." I am not sure but i feel it is the reason i cannot view certain images on the internet. I cannot search on yahoo, it says the browser has … |
| | How do I change this picture (see attachment)?  |
| | Hi all, My computer has found itself fit to restart itself whenever it wants to. This problem just started 4 or 5 days ago. I have ran adware, spybot, and Norton all showing no viruses. Does anybody have an answer or any suggestions? Thanks in advance.  |
| | Hi, I have downloaded a legal copy of Windows XP Pro from the MSDN Academic Alliance Software program. The file is an ISO so I burned to a CD. I am in the process of building a new PC, will this disc let me install XP or do I need … |
| | There are tons of programs out there that claim to tweak either xp or your dsl,modem,cable connections. I believe others will agree there is no magic tweak that will make xp that much faster or your internet. In fact xp is tweaked pretty sweet for dsl. No idea how it … |
 | Hi all, I hope everyone had a great New Year ! Ok, ever since I upgraded my computer a bit, I've been having problems with OE where it gets errors that have nothing to do with my server or ISP. It seems when there are too many e-mail windows open, … |
| | I have red tags almost daily with event 7000 & 7009 it is causing a black screen for second, what can be done to correct ? |
| | Hello everyone! I have posted a lot of messages in the IE section, but I do not think my problem is with any browser. I have tryed Opera, Firefox and the same error occurs. I get a 404 file not found message on some sites, and also missing ads on … |
| | Given a bigger file, is there any free program that may split a music file down so that I can break it onto 2 seperate CDs? Thanks  |
| | I noticed the other day that I no longer had the ability to view my own hidden files and folders despite the fact that I am an Admin on my machine (says so in User Manager) and I am able to do administrate tasks. Odd. Any ideas? R [url]http://www.technologystuff.biz[/url] |
| | I and a few of my friends all have laptops (with the exception of one, who has a really really old desktop). Our computers work for us, but we require a lot of hard drive space for the mass amount of work/files we accumulate. So, I got a cheep dell … |
| | Has anyone experienced Media Edition yet? I'm looking to install a newer operating system on a new computer. I'm torn between XP Pro and possibly Media Edition. This computer will be used mainly for Music, videos, some office applications and most surely connected to the home stereo for using Otsjuke … |
| | When I boot my HP notebook in safe mode, it only uses a very small portion of the LCD? |
| | I can not get my computer to start msconfig,and I need to retart it in safe mode,I know that there is another way off doing it but I can't remeber,help please Thanks Ally |
 | I am on a Dell D600 and it does not seem to have a DVD decoder. I thought XP was supposed to be ultra multi-media friendly... How do I get it to play DVD's... Not looking to rip them vust play them. |
| | 1) Data Miner, is there any way to avoid this, ect? 2) TEMP Files from My Music, if I clear these by Internet Options, clear, ect.... Are they gone ? I like to do routine maintance & keep my system CLEAN! Thanks Dave |
| | Does anybody know the steps to setting up super web cam? It seems that when I turn on the web cam, the bandwidth goes to zero and my frame rate goes to less than 1 per second. This is not what I wanted when I purchased the webcam. I have … |
 | How do you disable the "Scanning Compressed files" sequence in Disk cleanup? you know how it scans the compressed files, it freezes up there. theres a way how to disable it but I forgot how,because I havent had to do it in a long time. |
 | I have a game on CD. It's the third installment of the Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda Softworks, Inc. I am trying to install the game onto my Laptop. My Laptop is 3 times more everything than the minnium requirements of the game. Everything all of the time works just …  |
| | my friend is having a problem with his computer...can anyone help out? thanks "after i get the windows xp boot screen, it goes blue and says, 'unable to locate component'.....cannot find 'winsrv' " he has a dell inspiron 8500 60 gb hard drive 2.6 ghz processor |
| | Trying to clean friends hp pavilion ze4400. After removing most of the nasties can get it to windows update but dies at "looking for latest version" dont think it had been updated (ever...)no fixes listed in add\remove. Had SP1 on disc and seemed to install, retry update same thing but … |
| | I wish I could say this is mine. I took it from another forum and it really helped me alot with ie6 problems bigtime. Someone please correct me if I am wrong but it sure helped me out big time. Go to start. Run. Type in regsvr32 Urlmon.dll. There must … |
| | Hi guys. Whenever i try to sign in to MSN messenger, norton shows me the following screen [IMG]http://img68.exs.cx/img68/2749/norton9tq.jpg[/IMG] How do i stop it from askin for permision, as it does it whenever i sign in, get or send a messege, and at other random times! it also causes the pc …  |
| | i just d/l a freelancer demo. Its a game btw. The file got corrupted half way and i have 2 icons still on my desktop. Everytime i delete them , i get an error saying, 'file is in use' or something like that. I cant even move them! How do … |
| | 1) when Norton blocks or catches a SWEN or Trojan virus & blocks the e mail, does that mean that I AM ok on my system? 2) The OTHER thing I wonder is why in windows do I get the little rectangular box with the RED X on the side., … |
| | Hi, need some help here. Once my 2000 hit by a virus, I manage to fix it, but it can not automatically power off while shut it down as usual, anyone got an idea how to fix it ? Thanks. |
| | Hi my comp is running very slow and has problems with winsock, sah agent, dxsetu, ope25 and others. I've read the other threads and have downloaded the HiJackThis program so know how to delete them(sort of) but need help knowing what to and what not to delete. Any help very … |
| | If i boot XP normally and click Start>run>cmd> and type chkdsk /f will that fix any errors or do i have to truly boot in dos mode first and run chkdsk /f. also. i created a ms-dos via right click A: format and put a check mark on create ms-dos … |
| | I am currently using Windows XP (sp1). I have 3 user accounts. Two of the accounts have lost all desktop icons and the start button/task bar. I have been discussing this in the thread titled "windows has mysteriously vanished from my computer". I have tried so many ways to attempt … |
| | Does anyone know how I can stop this "Pop-up" It happens everytime that I boot-up. The message states "Synaptics enhancements has encoutered a problem etc etc. |
| | Please help! Just recently I got a new USB MP3 player (Nomad Muvo), while inserting it into my USB port, I heard a tweeking noise and my Monitor turned off, and it said Selft Test (G), Check check you PC and Signal Cable (R), Monitor is working (B) and then … |
| | i dont know if i have the correct drivers. I have windows 2000 installed on my compaq presario 700. everthing works but the sound card. volume control sems to work but i still get no sound. does anyone know the exact chip set of the presario 700 (version with 1.2Ghz … |
| | Hello, I believe I have a problem with my Windows XP install program. I run accross the problem while trying to install Apache server. I got a dialog box telling me that there was a problem with installation caused by 1. a problem with my Windows installation program or 2. … |
| | Hey folks, bear with me, I'm new at this forum thing...my system is XP Pro, browser is IE6.0, and I leave my system on all the time, broadband net connection. For two years, I've always managed to get through the odd quirks, re-booting as a last resort. But now, out … |
| | does anyone know of a good program to download music with besides kazaa or imesh?  |
| | The computer is a Hp pavilion 540n 1.6 Ghz pentium 4, XP operating system, 768 Mb ram, Maxtor 60 Gb harddrive/30 Gb free space. ATI Radeon 9600 XT graphic card. The problem I am having is the computer freezes/pauses about every 20 secnods, stays that way for a couple seconds … |
| | Hi. One of our customers made silly things with his computer but I can't find a way to recover it. Maybe one of you has already run into the same problem. Here it is: The system installed and runnin was Windows 2000 Pro SP4. He did some "cleaning", then had …  |
| | Hi, I have 2 PCs. 1 is win98SE, the other is Win2k professional. The win2k PC has 2 NICs. One is connected to a ADSL modem. The other is connected to the win98 PC. The win2k PC connects to the internet OK (everything works on that side) My problem is … |
| | While booting up I got the blue screen. It started off with DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Then gave the talk about going in safemode to disable cache etc. Further down on the screen it said STOP 0x000000d1 (0XFE3E5E30,0X00000002,0X00000000,0XF99DADD3) NDIS.SYS - Address F99DADD3 base at F99C4000 DATESTAMP 41107ecs Start of physical dump - Where … |
| | hey you guys, I have a question about mac and a windows pc. say i no longer wanted to run windows on my pc, could i install macintosh on the hard drive and use that as the primary operating system? thanks much, and happy new year voodoo5 video card soundblaster … |
| | I need a program to run in the background that will log when a specific program is started and stopped... Basically, we have a user that is abusing working hours playing a game and we need to log when she is playing that game... I would rather not run a … |
 | System: Windows XP home edition (version 2002) - SP2 Intel pentium 4 - 1.6Ghz Videocard - Radeon 9200 512MB of DRAM ASUSTek motherboard Cable modem - terayon Internal modem - lucent win I connect to the internet with Rogers high-speed. I can surf the net, use email, download things etc. … |
| | First of all you good people a really great. I have learned so much from you guys. I also notice not allot of flames and such. Thats so cool. My question is this. It seems like in my experience that no 1 computer runs or acts the same even with … |
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